IPSWICH, Mass. — December 12, 2017 — EBSCO Health, the provider of evidence-based clinical resource tools including DynaMed Plus® and Dynamic Health™, has appointed Eileen Yoshida, BScPhm, MBA, as Deputy Editor, Medication and Clinical Informatics. Yoshida brings more than 25 years of extensive experience in clinical informatics, EHR implementation, healthcare consulting and clinical pharmacy, and is a published author and speaker on clinical decision support.

Yoshida received her undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy, and a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. Most recently, she was Corporate Manager in Knowledge Management and Clinical Informatics at Partners HealthCare System, and brings a wealth of knowledge from leading teams in clinical information, knowledge management and clinical system implementation. Previously, she served with Capgemini as an EHR implementation strategist, and with the University of Chicago Hospitals in a special projects role.

EBSCO Health maintains a rigorous editorial process that includes subject-specific experts reviewing topics using a proprietary, evidence-based methodology and quality assurance process. As Deputy Editor, Yoshida will work closely with product management teams to further advance Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation across EBSCO Health’s flagship products.

Senior Vice-President of Medical Product Management, Betsy Jones, says the addition of Yoshida will augment EBSCO Health’s EMR implementation and strategy, “Yoshida brings a breadth of knowledge in healthcare information technology. Her addition will help guide our implementation strategies for products including DynaMed Plus, delivering more robust products to clinicians.”